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My Copy Cat Recipes Inspired by Metro Phoenix Restaurants

Spaghetti Squash with Harissa Vinaigrette inspired from FnB Restaurant of Scottsdale AZ

When you go out to eat hopefully the food will be good enough to inspire you to cook up something similar. These are all recipes that I posted on TheForkingTruth.com A few of my inspirations came from the wonderful inspiring FnB Restaurant of Scottsdale AZ. When I tasted their dish of Spaghetti Squash with Harissa and Feta I knew I had to sort of copy it. I didn’t use feta cheese but did come up with a Harissa recipe that’s insanely delicious with spaghetti squash.

Twice Cooked Gilfeather Rutabaga

Another FnB inspired dish is the Twice cooked Gilfeather Rutabaga. My topping taste similar but is much lighter in fat than the wonderful creme fraiche and ginger that FnB served. Instead I used a combination of Fat Free Greek Yogurt thickened with a little whipped cream cheese and seasoned with fresh grated ginger, scallions and hit with salt and pepper. It’s pretty simple but I never would have thought up this one on my own but I did enjoy adding the crisp lotus root chip.

Flat Bread with Blue Cheese Butter and Pistou Inspired from Eddie’s house of Scottsdale AZ

Eddie’s House of Scottsdale AZ starts you off with a complimentary basket of bread that includes flatbreads with blue cheese butter topped with pistou. It’s just scrumptious and I had to try my spin on it.

Red Lentils with Rainbow Chard, Dates and Almonds inspired from Deseo Latin Kitchen of Scottsdale AZ

All the food from Deseo Latin Kitchen of Scottsdale was truly Amazing but the side dish of Red Lentils was very memorable so much that I did my spin on that one too. The original had a vegetable soup kind of taste with tomatoes, greens, dates, almonds and some sort of Latin Cheese. It was delicious and easy to replicate something sort of similar.

Indian Inspired Green Beans and Chickpeas inspired from Mayuri Palace of Phoenix AZ

At Mayuri Palace of Phoenix AZ I tasted the very best Okra I ever had. I didn’t fry up Okra for this dish but I thought a similar dish with green beans and chickpeas would be delicious!

Cilantro Lime Chicken Meatloaf inspired from Scottsdale Beer Company of Scottsdale AZ

I had this super delicious Cilantro Lime Chicken Sandwich with Jalapeño Jam and Avocado Aioli at Scottsdale Beer Company and it inspired me to put the same flavors into a chicken meatloaf.

Pickled Beet Israeli Couscous and Harissa Vinagrete

Pickled Beet Israeli Couscous and Harissa Vinaigrette inspired from Atlas Bistro of Scottsdale AZ

Atlas Bistro of Scottsdale AZ is one of Scottsdale’s offers some of the most interesting cuisine you can find in Scottsdale. The Couscous they served me on my plate there was so darn memorable I recreated my version of it nearly a year later.

Melon Salad with Preserved Lemon, Lavender and Whipped Cream Cheese Inspired by the Vic Bar and Grill of Buckeye AZ

At the Vic Bar and Grill of Buckeye AZ I tasted a good quality ripe Melon with baby mint and preserved lemon with goat cheese. Here is my spin on that one.

Brazilian Inspired Potato Salad Inspired from Carvalho’s Brazilian Kitchen of Scottsdale AZ

One of the most delicious Potato Salads I tried was served with my Steak at Carvalho’s Brazilian Kitchen in Scottsdale AZ. The potato salad was unlike any I had before. It was almost like mashed potatoes and chunks of potatoes. The salad had a bunch of soft carrots in it that lightened it up. I liked the pop of olives in it and as a nod to Brazilian style food I added palm to the salad that added another flavor and texture. It really came out Forking delicious.

These were my Metro Phoenix Copy Cat Recipes I came up with and I hope to come up with more inspirations soon.

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WTFork is Tomato Pie?

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From www.LickMySpoon.com

All my life I thought Tomato Pie was something similar to the picture above. It’s fluffy thick pizza-like crust topped with a thick tomato sauce.

These kind of pies aren’t popular in Arizona but some people make them.

I remember I use to enjoy the Tomato Pie from Cafe Riviera in Bensalem PA located in Neshaminy Mall. I was searching for pictures of their tomato pie that I used to enjoy and found out some sad and disturbing news.

WhyyyyyyyWhyyyyyWhy…..

According to The Midweek Wire after being in business for over 36 years Cafe Riviera’s lease was lost. Neshaminy mall offered Cafe Riviera another spot in the mall but the owners didn’t agree on that spot in time to get it and Cafe Riviera shuttered February 14th 2016. This restaurant was a favorite for many and for over 36 years and was loved so much that over 10,000 people petitioned the mall with hopes to let Cafe Riviera to keep their spot.

Sadly I couldn’t find one picture of Cafe Riviera’s Tomato Pie on-line anywhere.

Well anyway thanks for listening to the ramble and getting back to tomato pies ………….Cafe Riviera’s Tomato Pie looked similar to the photo below.

Joe’s Tomato Pie Philadelphia PA

It never occurred to me that a Tomato Pie would be made ……..

with forking…..

MAYONAISE!

When I first read about this pie I thought it was a joke. Then I looked it up and to my surprise I found out that Southern Style Tomato Pie is more popular than Jesus. There are hundreds of recipes on-line for this kind of Tomato Pie….

Maybe you never heard of this kind of Tomato Pie either?

It looks something like this pie from FoodNetwork by Paula Deen.

Unknown until today for me…I found out that Tomato Pie is very popular in Southern US.

It’s a flaky pie crust that’s stuffed with fresh tomatoes, sweet onions, herbs like basil and is topped with a mixture of shredded cheese like cheddar or a blend with cheddar and MAYONNAISE.

Those are WTFork Tomato Pies Are

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Update- You can still find Cafe Riviera on FaceBook. They are currently looking to re-open somewhere. The same owners also own Pizza Zeppoli in Neshaminy Mall Food Court. I wasn’t able to find a photo on-line of Pizza Zeppoli’s Tomato Pie either. Their Tomato Pies really were good. I guess the people just have to eat and forking don’t stop to photo.

To Neshaminy Mall…..

What you did to Cafe Rivera is FORKED UP!

What you did to Cafe Riviera is FORKED UP!

People in Metro Phoenix AZ are too Forking LAZY to Return Shopping Carts

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It doesn’t surprise me that People in Metro Phoenix AZ are too Forking Lazy to Return Shopping Carts. Travel and Leisure Magazine listed PHOENIX AZ as the second RUDIST City in the U.S. I see examples of this almost every day. Besides people who don’t return shopping carts I notice car drivers don’t slow when they see pedestrians instead they speed up. Not all but some bicyclist use the sidewalks also not slowing or stopping for pedestrians instead of using bike lanes like they should. Everyday I have to jump off a sidewalk when I’m with my dog. NOT ALL!…. but many people in Phoenix really are rude! I don’t know why but I think it’s the heat that makes people different here. You also sure don’t hear the beautiful warbling of birds here like you hear back east maybe because even the birds are cranky and just squawk. I guess people are the same. People in Arizona are rude and maybe cranky too.

My least favorite thing about shopping is parking. Where can I park where someone won’t plant a forking shopping cart by my car? Every forking time I go grocery shopping or to a store I see someone too lazy to return a shopping cart. I understand that for the elderly or handicapped it might be too straining to return a cart but that is only a small percentage of people….UNLESS I’m at Trader Joes…yikes it’s chalk full of Sun City Seniors….but honestly I haven’t noticed much of a cart return problem at Trader Joe’s….Just every where else…ummm.

This forking “CART-HOLE” …. my term for people too lazy to return shopping carts…… is only steps away from a cart return and still left the forking cart by my car. (the white signs in photo are cart returns)

Here is were a BUNCH of people got the same forking idea to avoid the cart return that is only a few spots down.

The laziness of Cart-Holes in metro Phoenix AZ is polarizing. I’d be ashamed to leave a shopping cart like that. What happened to do on to others as you would like to have done to you?

I guess Cart-Holes are everywhere. I do recall before I moved here back east in Pennsylvania Not all but most of our local supermarkets had this little device attached to the carts where you needed a quarter to use a shopping cart and that paid for the lock to release so you could use the cart. You only got your quarter back if you returned your cart to the cart return by locking the cart in place thus- releasing your coin.

I often wonder why we don’t have the same sort of system here in Phoenix where it’s really needed.

Even at Pet Food Markets people are CART-Holes!

Phoenix is different. Cart-Holes is almost all you see.

Look here! TWO Forking carts on either side of the cart return. I can’t believe those people are to lazy or uncaring to return the carts when they are that FORKING CLOSE.

The one thing worst than a cart-hole is a Forking cart-hole that leaves their forking trash in the cart. They are forking cart-holes that leave their forking trash in the cart besides not putting the forking cart back.

I Forking hate Cart-Holes!

Here’s a Cluster-FORK of CART-HOLES! ……..What a sight.

Look how forking close this cart is to the cart return. What a forking lazy CART-HOLE!

The Salut to Cart-Holes.

People in Metro Phoenix AZ are too Forking Lazy to Return Shopping Carts.

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Fruit, Nut and Cheese Salads I had in Metro Phoenix

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Farm & Craft Scottsdale AZ Strawberry and Goat Cheese Salad $13.00

When I go out for lunch often I’ll order some sort of salad and often the salad has nut, some sort of cheese and fruit. Usually but not always a protein like chicken is an add on. I recently had lunch at the newly opened Farm & Craft in Scottsdale AZ. The ingredients that my salad was made of were all organic, local and what seemed like farm fresh. My salad was made of organic fresh spinach, goat cheese that tasted fresh made, very good strawberries that tasted fresh picked, plain walnuts and balsamic vinaigrette. This was a good salad and was very dieter friendly. I have to guess but I think the amount of chicken was about two ounces but with the goat cheese and walnuts it was just enough food. Chicken was a four dollar add on so this salad was $13.00.

For more information on Farm & Craft of Scottsdale AZ please visit www.iLoveFarmandCraft.com

Cucina Tagliani Glendale AZ Strawberry and Goat Cheese Salad that includes Chicken

For $10.59 Cucina Tagliani in Glendale AZ will give you a big salad with farm fresh sweet strawberries lots of chicken fresh tasting spinach that may or may not be organic and creamy goat cheese, toasted almonds with a house made white wine vinaigrette. They also give you a basket of garlic toast too. This is a very good value and among the better entree salads in this neighborhood.

For more information on Cucina Tagliani in Glendale AZ please visit www.CucinaTagliani.com

Strawberry and Gorgonzola Salad from Humble Pie Phoenix AZ $10.99 at lunch time that includes a Pizza

Humble Pie that I tried in Phoenix AZ offers Organic Greens, with those very sweet farm fresh tasting Strawberries, Gorgonzola Cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette for ONLY $10.99 that includes a FRESH MADE PIZZA with hand pulled cheese. This is one of the best deals in town for sure.

For more information on Humble Pie please visit www.HumblePieUSA.com

Kale Quinoa Cranberries, Toasted Almonds, Seasonal Fruit, Goat Cheese with added Chicken $16.00 from Amuse Bouche of Surprise AZ

Amuse Bouche offers a Kale and Quinoa Salad with Toasted Almonds, Seasonal Fruit and Goat Cheese. I added the additional Chicken to my salad and the price came to $16.00. I do also note a fresh baked roll was made for me served with butter. This was the most expensive of the Fruit, Nut and Cheese Salads but it was also Forking Delicious!

I think the super sweet low acid pineapple was magical against the creamy mild goat cheese and the honey lime vinaigrette was memorable. Kale has some bite but the cranberries balance it out. A great play of flavors and textures also a generous amount of chicken. This salad is among the best entree salads I ever had.

For more information on Amuse Bouche in Surprise AZ please visit www.AmuseBouche.biz

These were some of the Fruit, Nut and Cheese Salads I had in Metro Phoenix AZ

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2016 Best $10.00 or under Food I had in the Metro Phoenix AZ area this Year

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Banh Mi Bistro $8.00 _The Chicken and Rice Plate -Phoenix AZ

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery $8.00 _The Chicken and Rice Plate -Phoenix AZ

There’s BUNCHES of very good and great deals for you to dine on in the Metro Phoenix area where the meals can run $10.00 or less. I’m picking a few of my favorites in no particular order that I enjoyed this year. I also must note that prices are subject to change and on the prices I don’t remember I went to the websites and hoped the prices are up to date.

Everything on the Banh Mi Bistro – Vietnamese (Pho-Free) Eatery is under $10.00 and just about everything is wonderfully delicious! For me the biggest value is the Chicken and Rice plate that is served with Jasmin Rice, an egg roll and salad garnish with house vinaigrette. This has to be among the tastiest $8.00 meals you can get anywhere. The chicken is so moist and flavorful with exotic Asian flavorings. The salad looks simple but is light and refreshing.

For more information on Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery please visit www.BanhMiBistroAZ.com

A Taste of Buffalo – Glendale AZ – Beef on Weck Sandwich that includes- pickle, horseradish, au jus and a side order $10.00

At A Taste of Buffalo in Glendale AZ offers a signature sandwich that is seldom served outside of Buffalo NY. The Sandwich is the Premium Roast Beef on a hard Kummel Weck Roll that is a kaiser roll topped with corse salt and caraway seeds. The hearty sandwich is served with hot horseradish, au jus, a pickle and a generous side like house made potato salad or house made chips. $10.00.

For more information on A Taste of Buffalo please visit www.ATasteofBuffalo.com

Huitlacoche Machete – $7.99 -Azteca Estilo DF Phoenix AZ

For only $7.99 I think you can feed two people with one of the Machetes that Azteca Estilo DF in Phoenix offers. I enjoyed the Hutlacoche Machete. It’s a folded giant corn tortilla that was packed with melty mild white cheese and what’s called the Mexican Truffle, also called corn smut and Hutlacoche. Corn Smut is considered a delicacy. It’s mushroomy it’s woodsy and was kind of special and delicious!

For more information on Azteca Estilo DF you can find them on FaceBook.

Rocket Burger Phoenix AZ

Rocket burger is well know for their massive world of sodas and of certainly for their many sizes and varieties of their hand packed angus burgers. This year I got to know the Breaded Cod Sandwich with house made sauce with lettuce and cheese. It was a very tasty massive sandwich on an above average fluffy and eggy roll for only $6.49.

For more information on Rocket Burger in Phoenix AZ please visit www.RocketBurger.com

Cheezheads Peoria AZ – Cheese Steak – $9.99

Cheeseheadz of Peoria AZ is a Wisconsin themed Pizza and Sandwich eatery. They serve up thinly sliced tender, flavorful Ribeye steak on their house baked rolls with peppers and onions for $9.99. I didn’t actually have the cheese with my cheese steak but it was just as delicious. I used this picture that my husband ate because the sandwich comes with cheese.

For more information on CheeseHeadz of Peoria AZ please visit www.Cheezheadz.com

Leo’s Island BBQ – Peoria AZ – The Chicken and Short Ribs Combo – $8.89

Leo’s Island BBQ specializes in the Hawaiian Plate Lunch. At the time of this publication all the plate lunches are less than $10.00. A Hawaiian Plate Lunch is typically lots of meat, lots of rice and creamy macaroni salad served in Styrofoam. The Chicken and short rib combo is one of the examples of what Leo’s Island BBQ serves for under $10.00. It’s a bunch of steamed cabbage and broccoli under the meat. You get a normal person’s lunch portion of Katsu or breaded chicken, a portion of BBQ chicken, short ribs, a double scoop of rice and creamy macaroni salad. They also offer Hawaiian favorites like the Grilled Spam Moco with Grilled Spam, Gravy and Eggs and the slow roasted Kalua Pork. The food is always fresh and served hot. They offer about thirty different variations of the Hawaiian Plate lunch to pick from.

For more information on Leo’s Island BBQ in Peoria AZ please visit www.LeosIslandBBQ.com

La 15 Y Salsas – Phoenix AZ – Combo De Chile Relleno $9.00

It was hard to pick between the two dishes I recently tried because both were very good but I went with the Combo De Chile Relleno ($9.00) because it was more textures and more layers of flavors than the also exstreamly good chicken enchiladas topped with a blanket of dark mole called enmoladas. This creation is tender moist flavorful chicken with raisins and nuts in a battered chile that’s topped with spicy tomato sauce, served with seasoned rice, beans and hot steamy tortillas. La 15 Y Salsas is one of the best restaurants in the Metro Phoenix Area for Oaxaca Mexican Food.

For more information on La 15 Y Salsas in Phoenix AZ please visit them on www.15YSalsas.com

New Asian Kitchen – Cantonese Chow Mein $8.95 Phoenix AZ

My favorite Take Out Chinese Food comes from New Asian Kitchen in Phoenix AZ. A new favorite dish that they prepare is the Cantonese Chow Mein ($8.95). If you like take out Chinese Food you will love this dish that layered in interesting flavors and textures. Their vegetables are always fresh and crisp. The meats are always moist and tender. They even offer the hard to come by and impressive Dry Sautéed Beef Chow Fun a more difficult dish to prepare. No other Take Out Chinese compares to New Asian Kitchen for several miles around.

For more information on New Asian Kitchen please visit www.NewAsain.com

Hummus Xpress – Tempe AZ- The most expensive item called The Plate $9.95

Hummus Xpress is a casual Middle Eastern Style Fast Food behind a hot and cold salad bar kind of place. Meals range in price from $6.45 for a pita sandwich, bowl $7.95, salad, $8.65 to The Plate. $9.95. I don’t get to eat here often because Tempe AZ is pretty far for me so I always get the largest size that is the plate. The plate is under $10.00 (at this time) and often I get two meals out of it. I always have many choices to pick from but what I typically would fill my plate with starts with seasoned rice, Aleppo Brisket, Lebanese Falafels, Moroccan carrots, eggplant, Two kinds of hummus like lemon ginger and usually plain, or beet, Tabbouleh, fresh made pickled beets, pickles, a few other toppers, Shrug Sauce and a fresh made whole wheat flat bread. The food is so healthy that you never feel weighted down and everything is delicious. The owner is a formally trained chef and all the food is delicious!

For more information on Hummus Xpress please visit www.HumusXpress.com

An honorable Mention goes to the little Taiwanese Food Stand in the Lee Lee Market in Peoria AZ.

Taiwanese Pancake Stand

I was very impressed with the 75cent Taiwanese Pancake I tasted made fresh and hot to order. I picked the one filled with beans. The pancake was hot and airy with crispy ends and the beans seemed like they were fresh made. It wasn’t sweet like I was expecting. It was a surprise!

Depending on your appetite you only need one or two of them to feel full. For more information on Lee Lee Supermarket please visit www.LeeLeeSupermarket.com

These were some of the best of what I remember having in 2016 of $10.00 or less in the Metro Phoenix Area.

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Just some of what I saw at the local Asian Markets

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I have three Asian Markets within a half hour radius from where I live. I usually go the the closest one because I always see lots of interesting vegetables there and unusual international items. The produce section is very seasonal and the selection differs some every time I’m here.

This market sells a variety of Korean Goods, Asian Goods, Indian Goods, Mexican Goods, Middle Eastern Goods and European Goods.

Green Almonds were in season at the time and they were at this market.

Green Almonds

Variety of Squash.

Tarro Root is on the far right. It’s hard to handle and is better to purchase cut up. Behind it is burdock. I came across the long green vegetable on the left before and don’t remember the name but I remember I didn’t want to buy it for some reason. Don’t know what the long vegetable in the box is.

They sell serving ware.

Cabbage peelers

A gadget for mashed fresh garlic, wasabi or ginger that works very well I love using this one.

This market offers a variety of smoked fish and packaged fish.

Asian Ice-creams

Meat section

Onion Juice?

Balloon Flower & Pear Juice

A variety of leaves to cook with

Solar Salt ?

Seaweed Salt

BIG TUBS of Hot Pepper Paste

LOTS of Korean ground pepper

A variety of dried fish

Lots of Chicken Feet in the Poultry Department

Israeli Couscous and other items

Arabic Spices

Arabic Honey

New Zealand Honey

Greek Honey

Some sort of Chocolate Candy with a chance to WIN a Trip to DUBAI

Bulgarian Feta

Arabic Nabulsi Cheese

Fukujin Zuke

Lots of Kimchi

Packaged sliced jelly fish

Sour Rye Meal Soup

Lot of Rice

Chhole Masala? ….sounds funny to me

Canned Mushrooms that look like they are smiling!

Someone cooking up Taiwanese Pancakes.

I tried a Red Bean filled pancake. The pancake taste like a normal American Pancake but with a crispness on the outsides and the filling is just fresh cooked beans. An interesting fresh taste of Taiwan for only .75 cents.

That was just some of what I saw at my local Asian Markets.

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Sometimes A Restaurant Menu Just Reads Like a Fantasy Novel

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The reviews for State 48 Brewery in Surprise AZ ran a 4.5 average on a popular review site so I thought this restaurant is worth a try. I also read that the owners have years of experience working at impressive restaurants. The current menu for this restaurant is well written and sounded interesting to me.

As we drove up I saw that this was an enormous building. I guess the brewing area takes up a bunch of room.

We were seated at a very uncomfortable booth. Not much room between our stomachs and table and it felt like the seats were reclining ……..

……..so it was hard to sit up at the table. I never sat in a booth that felt like that before but just got over it and sat there anyway.

We were going to start with a house made beer. But we learned that their beers aren’t ready yet and they won’t be able to serve their own beer for several weeks so we ordered something else.

We started with an appetizer of Ahi Tuna Tostadas. The description sounded delicious. Ahi Tuna Tartare over a corn tostada with roasted corn and jicama slaw with pickled red onions and cilantro-lime aioli.

The food runner drops off the appetizer without sharing plates.

The appetizer is similar but different from the description.

Tuna Tartare is one French Fry Shaped piece of tuna that’s very hard to eat and certainly not appetizing. The definition of tuna Tartare is ..raw tuna cut up in small pieces, often it’s flavored. The French Fry Shape of tuna they gave me does not fit the definition of tartare.

The tostada’s roasted corn and jicama slaw doesn’t contain jicama and maybe had one kernel of corn and was mostly just green cabbage in a non-traditional tasting dressing with an orange tint.

The cilantro-lime aioli lacked cilantro and maybe lime and just seemed like a loose white liquid.

I did inform the waiter about the tostada and he said, “I’ll tell the kitchen.”

Now my Falafel Burger arrives and a big side of that Roasted Corn and Jicama Slaw…..

WhyyyyyyyWhyyyyyWhy…..

that didn’t contain any Roasted Corn or Jicama.

The Falafel Burger is impossible to eat as a sandwich so I separated it at the falafels and skipped the roll. I do note they offered a bun-less falafel burger that I should have went with. So with a knife and fork I try a piece of falafel. I am relieved that it is correctly seasoned. It’s didn’t seem like a fresh herb seasoning but still it was seasoned so it was ok with me. One falafel patty had goat feta cheese on it that was good. The other Falafel was suppose to have green curry coconut yogurt. I can’t identify what it was but It had a loose unflavored white liquid that was similar to what the tostada had on it.

Now I’m left with that forking cole slaw with a orange tint. I actually usually love cole slaw but this one is too odd for me to enjoy. It’s sort of too sour without sweetness. It’s just not flavored in an appetizing way to me. The Roasted Corn and Jicama Slaw that doesn’t contain roasted corn or jicama. The menu was just a fantasy novel I read. No cilantro, no roasted corn, no jicama, no green curry, no coconut and tartare that was just a slab of not the cleanest tasting fish. The Ahi is in the photo below and isn’t bright with color.

Someone approaches the table who might be a manager. I told her that there isn’t any jicama or roasted corn in the slaw.

She says to me that you know jicama …

JICAMA

……..looks just like cabbage.

CABBAGE

I’m thinking to myself……WTFork………

.Jicama looks nothing like cabbage. This woman is insinuating that I don’t know the difference between cabbage and jicama.

That’s Forked up!

Suddenly I feel I’m trapped in an episode of Star Trek called Chain of Command.

Where the Cardassian interrogates and tortures Captain Picard and forces him to say that there is 5 green lights when there is truly 4 green lights.

“There isn’t jicama or corn in the slaw”

“There IS JICAMA and CORN in the Forking Slaw”

“There isn’t jicama or roasted corn in the slaw”

“There IS JICAMA and CORN in the slaw”

I stick my fork in the slaw and show her it just green cabbage.

Now she says that they just opened this week and they were busier than they expected to be.

I tell her that I didn’t have an issue with them running out of things. I told her it’s better to be honest to the customer and let them know about substitutions so I’d be ready for a substitution or I would have the option to order something else if I wanted too.

She didn’t say that she was sorry about my experience. She just said she’d tell the kitchen. She also didn’t care that I hardly touched the cole slaw and only ate the falafels.

My husband had the Beer Cheese Steak with Fries.

This sandwich was made with tender flavorful beef. This was a good platter but the food runner ran off and didn’t offer ketchup for the fries.

This restaurant is brand new and has only been open a few weeks. I experienced substitutions, misses and possibly management attitude. I note they do offer a lovely menu and with strong leadership in the kitchen and someone with front of the house skills this restaurant can become a hot spot.

I personally feel that when a restaurant runs out of things that they have three choices.

1- someone runs out a buys what they need.

2- They take things off the menu. That is called to 86 it and restaurant language.

3- They make substitutions and let the guest know so the guest can accept the substitution or have the choice to order something else.

I note your experience should differ than what I experienced from this restaurant.

Sometimes when you visit a restaurant the menu just reads like a fantasy novel.

This is a newly opened restaurant so it’s not rated.

I also note I purposely didn’t use the name of this restaurant in the title of this review because it’s not my intention to bring a negative experience about them to the public. This information is only for people who read my blog and have a desire to hear The Forking Truth.

For more information on State 48 Brewery in Surprise AZ please visit www.State48Brewery.com

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Forking Difference Between Cobbler, Crumble and Crisp

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Southern Inspired Blueberry Cobbler

All the dishes Cobbler, Crumble and Crisp are all similar but there are some differences.

Cobbler is a dish consisting of fruit or savory filling poured into a large baking dish covered with batter, biscuit or dumpling before being baked.

The Crumble might be known as a Brown Betty and is of British Origin. It can be sweet or savory. The Crumble is CRUMBLY and is a mixture of usually butter, flour and sugar. Savory crumbles are made with cheese. Just think about crumb tops.

A Crisp really is a crumble but is usually made with oats and some sort of nuts.

A lesser known dessert that is related is a Pandowdy that is a deep dish spiced apple dessert covered with a rich crust.

That is the Forking Difference between a Cobbler, a crumble and a Crisp.

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References

www.TheKitchen.com

www.Wikipedia.com

www.Merrian-Webster.com

Cilantro – The Forking Truth is That Soap Taste Might be Poison

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Some people love cilantro and to other people cilantro is inedible and taste like a mouth full of soap.

Truth- Some people are genetically predisposed to dislike cilantro.

Truth- Some people have a natural reason to dislike cilantro such as: sinus or oral infection and low zinc levels

Truth- Fluoride Sodium is used in pesticides and taste like soap to humans because it’s poisonous. The pesticide might have been sprayed on the cilantro and that is what some people might be tasting.

THE FORKING TRUTH IS THAT SOAP TASTE MIGHT BE POISON

True Story this is how I forking found out.

I grow some mint in my yard. I love mint. I can eat mint everywhere and all the mint I purchase from the store agrees with me. I live in Arizona where it’s different from other parts of the country and heavy pesticides are used regularly all over and around your house to keep out very dangerous insects like scorpions, desert spiders and more pests. My mint that grows by my house gets sprayed with these strong pesticides and always taste like soap to me no matter how much I wash the mint. I don’t have an issue with mint. But I do taste something is wrong with the mint so it’s totally makes sense that some people also taste pesticides on the cilantro.

The Forking Truth is that Soap Taste with Cilantro Might be Poison.

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References

Dr. Catherine Willner

www.NYTimes.com

www.EHow.com

People in Metro Phoenix AZ Take Dogs Food Shopping at Costco

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I don’t remember seeing people shopping with their dogs back east where I used to live but I do see it from time to time around Phoenix AZ. People are permitted to shop at Costco, a food and more warehouse with a service dog.

This dog isn’t wearing a service jacket but seems well trained and could certainly pass for a service dog with an elderly man.

Forgive me if I’m wrong about this but this dog doesn’t appear to be a service dog and it’s sitting in the child seat of the cart with a child sitting in the cart with groceries. What kind of service is this dog doing? Warming up the cart with it’s butt? Maybe this dog’s job is to taste the Costco food samples as a tester?

This dog also doesn’t resemble a service dog to me but might be….?

The woman is lucky as she doesn’t have an obvious looking handicap.

Not sure what kind of service dog this small white fluffy dog can be?

People in Metro Phoenix AZ take dogs food shopping at Costco.

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Forking Thoughts on Food and Restaurants

Category Archives: Forking Thoughts

My Copy Cat Recipes Inspired by Metro Phoenix Restaurants

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WTFork is Tomato Pie?

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People in Metro Phoenix AZ are too Forking LAZY to Return Shopping Carts

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Fruit, Nut and Cheese Salads I had in Metro Phoenix

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2016 Best $10.00 or under Food I had in the Metro Phoenix AZ area this Year

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Just some of what I saw at the local Asian Markets

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Sometimes A Restaurant Menu Just Reads Like a Fantasy Novel

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Forking Difference Between Cobbler, Crumble and Crisp

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Cilantro – The Forking Truth is That Soap Taste Might be Poison

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People in Metro Phoenix AZ Take Dogs Food Shopping at Costco

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